Cordless drill battery latch button
The spring-loaded latch button that locks a battery pack into a cordless drill wears out or snaps its tab, so the pack slides off mid-job. The button is a 25 x 15 x 10 mm block with a chamfered latch tooth on one face, a 4 mm pocket for the return spring, two side rails that ride in the housing slots and a textured thumb face. Print it tooth-up at 100 percent infill in PETG or nylon, and keep the tooth angle crisp because that is what holds the pack. Open the ready-made model free, resize it on your phone or computer, then download a print-ready STL, 3MF or G-code sliced for your printer, free.Adjust
Change its numbers in the viewer for free, or ask the AI in the chat: wall thickness, hole size, the thing it clips onto. AI changes use 2 credits per request (1 for a quick edit, 3 for a redesign), paid with a plan from Maker at $7.99 a month.Dimensions of the ready-made model (editable)
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| length (X) | 25 mm |
| width (Y) | 15 mm |
| height (Z) | 10 mm |
| tooth height above top face | 1.5 mm |
| tooth base width along X | 4 mm |
| diameter | 4.2 mm |
| depth into body | 6 mm |
| rail thickness (protrusion) | 1 mm |
| rail height (Z extent) | 2 mm |
Example prompt
Design a drill battery latch button 25 x 15 x 10 mm with a 1.5 mm tall latch tooth at 45 degrees on top, a 4.2 mm spring pocket 6 mm deep at the rear, two 1 x 2 mm guide rails on the sides, and a grooved thumb surface.
Fit notes
Latches vary by brand, and SpeakCAD models yours from the dimensions of the broken part, including tooth height and spring pocket. Tell it the fit is too loose and it adjusts the rails by a tenth of a millimetre. Open the ready-made model free, change its numbers in the viewer and download the STL or 3MF free; AI changes use credits.
Questions people ask about a cordless drill battery latch button
The spring-loaded latch button that locks a battery pack into a cordless drill wears out or snaps its tab, so the pack slides off mid-job. The button is a 25 x 15 x 10 mm block with a chamfered latch tooth on one face, a 4 mm pocket for the return spring, two side rails that ride in the housing slots and a textured thumb face. Print it tooth-up at 100 percent infill in PETG or nylon, and keep the tooth angle crisp because that is what holds the pack.
Click Open it free on this page and create a free account (no card): the ready-made model opens in your browser, on your phone or computer, nothing to install. Change its numbers in the viewer for free and download a watertight STL or 3MF free, or G-code sliced for your printer at the same price. An AI change in the chat uses 2 credits per request (3 for a redesign), and the download after it is included in every plan (4 credits without one). Start with Maker: 50 credits a month for $7.99, cancel anytime.
On this page: open the ready-made model free in a SpeakCAD account (no card), change any dimension in the viewer, then download the STL or 3MF free, or G-code sliced for your printer at the same price.
A shared STL is modelled for someone else's measurements. Here you open the ready-made model free, change it to your measurements in the viewer, then download a file sized for the part you actually own, free as STL or 3MF.
Yes. SpeakCAD slices the part on its servers with OrcaSlicer and your printer's official profile (380+ printers, including Bambu Lab, Prusa, Creality and Elegoo), and you download the G-code (a sliced .gcode.3mf for Bambu Lab printers). G-code sliced for your printer costs the same as the STL: included in every plan, free for a part you shaped by hand, 4 credits without a plan for a part with AI work in it. Pick your printer on the printers page to see its profile.
No. SpeakCAD runs in the browser on your phone or computer: the chat, the 3D engine and the live viewer load in the tab. The only file you download is the finished STL, 3MF or sliced G-code.